Paper-roll holder and cutter.



No. 67!,083. Patented Apr. 2, IBM.

H. HULL! PAPER ROLL HOL-D ER AND CUTTER.

(Application filed Apr. 16, 1900.)

(no Model.)

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HARVEY HULL, OF WEST BURLINGTON, lNElV YORK.

PAPER-ROLL HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 671,083, dated April 2,1 901.

Application filed April 16, 1900.

To all, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY HULL, a citizen of the United States,residing at WestBu rlington, in the county of Ot-sego and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Paper-Roll Holder and Cutter, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to paper-roll holders and cutters, and has forone object to provide an improved device of this character which isespecially designed for application to the under side of a counter, sothat the paper may be conveniently housed and protected and at the sametime in convenient position It is furthermore designed to assemble theparts of the device upon a single frame, so that the latter may beconveniently secured to the under side of a counter or shelf withoutchanging the latter.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the acc'ompanyin g drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changesinthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the deviceconstructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, thecounter being broken away. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view ofthe device applied to the under side of a counter.' Fig. 3 is a bottomplan View of the holder.

Corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings aredesignated by like char acters of reference.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 and 2 designate the oppositelongitudinal side bars of the frame structure for supporting the roll ofpaper. Pendent from the rear end of each frame-bar is a hanger 3, andthe lower ends of the opposite hangers are connected by means of atransverse flat bar 4. In the rear edge of each hanger there is provided an inclined slot 5, which is designed to form a bearing for one ofthe journals 6 of the paper-roll 7, whereby the latter is supberial No.13,095. (No modem ported above the bar at, so that the latter forms aguard to prevent looseness of the paper-roll as well as to connect theopposite brackets or sides of the supporting-frame.

Located in advance of the paper-roll is a bottom plate 8, preferably ofsheet metal, which is secured to the lower edges of the side pieces bymeans of suitable fastenings 9. The oute edge of this bottom plate isprovided with the opposite notches 10, which are located adjacent to therespective longitudinal edges of the plate, and extending centrally ofthe latter is a longitudinal slot 11.

In the upper edges of the opposite side pieces and in advance of thepaper-roll are the corresponding notches 12, which are designed to formbearings forthe respective journals 13 of the weighted rock-bar 14. Asbest shown in Fig. 2, this rock'bar is of convolute form incross-section, having its front. edge sharpened and rounded or inclineddownwardly and its rear edge rounded or inclined upwardly, so as tofacilitate the introduction of the free portion 15 of the paper betweenthe rock-bar and the bottom plate, while the front edge frictionallybears upon the paper to prevent rearward movement thereof and also toprevent rucking or wrinkling of the paper. It will also be noted thatthe rock-bar is eccentrically mounted, so that its forward edge maynormally rest upon the paper and the bottom plate and the under edges ofthe side pieces inclined downwardly and rearwardly, so as to provideroom for the rock-bar beneath the counter 16, to the under side of whichthe side pieces of the frame are connected in any suitablemanner,whereby the space between the bottom plate and the counter iscontracted toward the forward end of the frame in order that the freeextremity of the paper may have comparatively no play and is thus heldagainst looseness.

Secured to the rear edge of the counter is a knife-blade 1'7, that hasits lower sharp edge resting upon the paper, so that the latter may betorn in the usual manner.

It will be observed that the knife-blade closes the front end of. theframe and is arranged adjacent to the bottom plate, so as to form atransverse slot for the exit of the free portion of the paper.

As best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, it will be noted that thelength of the supporting-frame is less than the width of the counter-topin order that the paper-roll may be inserted between the rear end of theframe and the front of the counter and applied to the hangers 3. Thebottom plate has its rear edge located adjacent to the paper-roll, sothat by unrolling the latter the free end thereof may be readily broughtupon the bottom plate and over the slot 11, which latter exposes thepaper and permits of it being drawn forwardly beneath the rook-bar andthe knifeblade, while the opposite notches 10 in the front edge of thebottom plate permit of the 'fingers being engaged with the free end ofthe paper to pull it out into position for tearing off.

What is claimed isl. Ina paper-roll holder, a frame, having a bottomplate forming a support for the free portion of the paper, means formounting a paper-roll at the rear end of the plate, a transversefixedknife-blade at the front end of the plate, and a rockingfriction-retarding device mounted independently of the knife-blade,located above and in close proximity to the upper side of the bottomplate and transversely between the means for mounting a paper-roll andthe knife, and always in frictional engagement with the free portion ofthe paper.

2. In a paper roll holder, the combination with a supporting-frame, of abottom plate to form a support for the free portion of the paper, meansfor mounting the paper-roll at one end. of the bottom plate, a knife atthe opposite end of the plate, and an eccentric rockbar mounted upon theframe and located between the opposite ends of the bottom plate.

3. In a paper-roll holder, the combination of a frame, comprisingopposite side pieces,

having their under edges inclined downwardly and rearwardly, a top, abottom plate secured to the under edges of the side pieces, and providedwith a longitudinal slot and front notches, opposite hangers at the rearend of the frame,- and having bearings for the paper-roll, a transverseguard-bar connecting the lower ends of the hangers, a knife secured tothe front edge of the top, and an eccentric rock-bar mounted in thesides of the frame, located between the opposite ends of the plate, andfrictionally engaging the latter.

4. The combination with the top of a counter, of opposite side barssecured transversely across the under side of the counter-top, a bottomplate secured tothe side bars, opposite pendent hangers at the rear endof the plate, and having means for mounting a paper-roll, a knife-bladesecured to the edge of the counter, closing the front of the device andterminating adjacent to the bottom plate and forming an exit-slot forthe paper, and a rocking friction-retarding device journaled in theopposite side bars and located between the knife and the hangers andalways in frictional engagement with the paper.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HARVEY HULL.

Witnesses:

CLARA A. WELoH, JOHN L. SHAW.

